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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.
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Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
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Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.
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It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.
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There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.
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Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.
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To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.
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If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.
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It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
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Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.
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Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
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Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.
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If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.
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If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!
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Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.
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Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.
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Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge.
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When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.
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Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.
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